I had stumbled across a slack community workspace for PMs, but I was wondering if there are channels like the same for Software Development Engineers.

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Does anybody know slack workspaces (community driven) for Software developers?

Software Developer

Does anybody know slack workspaces (community driven) for Software developers?- Grapevine

What are some good software engineering groups on WhatsApp/Slack/Discord?

Product Manager

Hi guys, I am self learning about DevOps practices but sometimes the doubts remain unsolved. Can anyone please guide me about good communication channels like slack or discord for DevOps where I can clear my doubts. It will be very helpful for me.

DevOps

Technical Writer

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Eg. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39699100 is a discussion between SWEs. There is a sub-reddit Indian Developers but not for Indian PMs (or Designers or ML persons for that matter).
Are there discussion groups for Indian Product Managers?

Where can I find quality Indian PM discussions?

Context: I am a software engineer with 4 years of experience.

Everytime I work with a bunch of engineers (Especially Indian Startups). Most of them are workaholics.

They are just working for some company full-time. They are interested in learning more about technology, making jokes about technology, following technology news, etc. 

That is it. 

No social life. (Especially after Covid). No skills in any other part of life.

Their comfort zone is so small that they have developed a lifestyle of working, sleeping & watching something on laptops and that's it.

They make an excellent salary but don't do anything else. 

Every time I meet a 35-40-year-old software engineer, it is just a physically unfit guy with an arranged marriage who is boring as a brick.

Are most Software Engineers boring outside work?

I am in my late 20s and I feel attacked. Thank you for striking the right chord 
  
 I've come to realize that, like many software engineers, I've found myself navigating the monotony of an 8-hour job, often feeling isolated from my office peers. It can be challenging when people hesitate to open up, but the reasons for this became clear. 
  
 There are two key aspects at play: a minimal social life and prioritizing work. These factors are interconnected. In late 20s, the circle of friends tends to shrink, and individuals are busy setting up their own lives, leading to growing distances. With limited time for each other, it's easy to become engrossed in work life. I didn't anticipate that making friends would become a challenge, and I acknowledge this as a personal objective (read OKR) for myself. Despite being an extrovert, reinitiating the trust and friendship path can be difficult. 
  
 To address this, I've proactively connected with people, stepped out of my comfort zone, and initiated new activities. It's a challenging process, and sometimes it feels like I'm overdoing it, but the effort is rewarding. Engaging in activities beyond my job role, such as joining a gym or participating in public discussions, has been beneficial. I've also reduced my time on social media, realizing that platforms like Instagram reels consume a significant portion of my time. 
  
 I'd like to urge understanding for people in their late thirties. Having once criticized the habits of those in their late twenties when I was in my early twenties, I now comprehend the challenges of their situation. Unexpectedly, I find joy in shopping for groceries and organizing them neatly. It's all about priorities, and embracing change has made a significant positive impact in my life.

Software Engineer

Have tried a few apps but there’s too much clutter. 
- Discord: Too many channels, unorganized & cluttered
- Reddit: Used it long time back but not so good for productive discussions
- Twitter: Frontend folks discussing same stuff over and over.
- Slack: Haven’t tried yet. Do have have public communities there?
- LinkedIn: Not interested in illusions created by fancy tech jargons to outscore other professionals.
- Grapevine: Not ideal for my use-case.

Is there any genuine app you know that can enable me to discuss tech stuff in software engineering?

Suggest me a community app to discuss software tech stuff.

Software Architect

I see that this channel mostly contains threads that are irrelevant to real software engineering! No one talks about building software or designing stuff. Is salary discussion and a job switch what most Indian Engineers really care about? 
Hoping to see more discussion on stuff like

System Design, advance data structures, Databases, optimization techniques, leetcode questions, programming languages, Cloud Concepts, Machine learning, Microservices, Certification preperation etc.

Why no one talks about Software Development?

Need to hire developer for couple of months. Not an org but just a bunch of ppl on whatsapp or app something.

Is there a group or community of freelance developers?

Business Analyst

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What do you folks prefer from a communication perspective. 
I've been using Teams extensively but want to know more about folks who've used slack or both....what's your opinion.

Slack vs MS Teams

Founder

Currently as a software engineer, our company’s policy is to talk/share issues via threads on slack so that the entire team engineering can see it. I personally like to talk over a google meet if facing any doubts as it’s a very quick and effective way rather than making threads and tagging people to get answer which takes time. Manager gave a warning and said don’t talk in dm and only in public channel so others can see but I violated this law by mistake and she wants to take this to upper authority by tagging senior engineer. This can lead to my termination. I accept that I did wrong, is this an issue for escalation ?

Did not follow company’s work culture

I had this idea in mind, that many of us either want to learn something new or create our own product but we either don't have the time or consistency to learn or no time to build huge products alone.

So I'm proposing this, why don't we software Engineers of all experience levels come together and build communities where if someone wants to learn SpringBoot Backend or React Frontend or whatever the stack is, they come along and start working on a product and learn along the way.

To help them, experienced software Engineers come along and if they want they work on it and help the people and guide them with the best practices.

In the case of experienced folks, let's say they decide on several products and we divide the teams based on the expertise and start working on them.

What do we get in return?

Better networking, experience and maybe a few good startups which are built by
us, and they succeed at a product level.


Who is this for?

Anyone who wants to mentor, learn or want to build a product but they don't have people to do that.

Who all are invited?

Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, Director of Engineering, CTOs and others. Sr folks to help the community.

Let's say we decide on 5 products, make a roadmap on how we want to work and within a year we release these products in the market and maybe maybe we get to work on our own company rather than from others.

if not, then also good karma and networking will be done which will be helpful for this tough time ahead of us.

Today's Junior engineers will be Senior engineers of tomorrow.  Today's Senior engineers will be a great part of management of tomorrow.

Let's build real software and change the way we learn things and do great engineering and learn a lot and earn from the products as well.

Thanks 🙏🏻

For the engineers, by the engineers.

Hello,
I am expecting an offer letter from a company based outside India. They are quoting their salary figures in USD. 
I wanted to get an idea from the members of this group about the things to keep in mind while being paid in USD.
How much would I have to pay in conversion fees? Or does the employer typically take care of that?

I would need to provide them with invoices every month, for which they will pay me. So I have to take care of the tax on my own.

Does this mean that PF is not an option or can I deposit PF myself somehow?

What other kind of issues should I keep in mind?

Salary from Foregin Based Startup

Mechanical Engineer

I have seen a number of Devops/DevRel engineers visiting tech conferences across the world and earning really good money. Being a fresher in software engineering I would like to know more about the roles and responsibilities of a Devops/Devrel engineer. Also what roadmap should I follow after software Engineering in order to become a good Devops engineer.

P.S - If any one of you is a Devops/DevRel engineer then do mention it in your reply.

What exactly is Devops/Devrel roles??

Hi Grapevine, 

I'm Arnav, Director of Engg at Jio Cinema. I previously exited my startup to Scaler. Some of you may know me from ScalerPod. I've also led engineering teams at Zomato & Target. 

Here to chat with you about my journey in startups, leading engineering teams, and products at scale, among other things.

Ask me your question. I'll be back at 8 pm and begin answering!

I'm Arnav Gupta, Director of Engineering at Jio Cinema. Ask me anything!

Why is jiocinema so effin horrible to use on Samsung tvs ? Just fix this shit already.

Intern

Is there a PM community without people posting on asking for referrals, salary expectations or how to crack into PM?

I understand these are pressing pain points, there are millions of places where these pain points can be addressed and already gaining more attractions.

Product Managers need a community to share and learn the experience from other Product Managers. Let me know, if any community like that pops-up. 

Please don't get triggered by this post, I have been through the phase of cracking into PM & interviews so I understand the situation.

There are different communities, please try it and it has high response rates too.

Another PM community filled with job referrals/salary

It’s been more than 2 years since I started my journey as Software Engineer 
For freshers I have seen a lots of folks talking about. But nobody is talking about SDE 2. I know how things are there but when i am trying for job switch not finding good resources. I need some guidance specially because i want to switch my role from mobile engineering to backend or DE

Is there any group for mid senior level folks(2+ yr) ?

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Hey guys! So an early career professional here. Currently, have around 6 month of work experience as a frontend dev in an early stage startup.

I have been coding decently here, worked on features, customer bugs etc. but the work has started to feel quite repetitive and the workplace also feels like a feature factory now. 

I have two questions.
a) what actionable things can I actually do to work on some new or interesting stuff
b) has the experience been the same for you folks or are there any places in India where you actually learn and grow a lot as an engineer and not end up just endlessly shipping features

Best Startups With Interesting Engineering Work

Hey folks, 

Today we have 21 communities on Grapevine. SWE, PM, Salary Discussion, Office Gossip, Indian Startups, Bangalore being some of the most active ones. 

What are some other communities/use cases that we should create? 

Please do chime in with suggestions :)

What new communities on Grapevine do you want?

How do I reach out to skilled software developers? Are there communities for it? Linkedin is not working out for reaching the niche developers my company requires.

Skilled and Experienced Software Developers required. Communities?

Hii everyone,
I am a 3rd year BCA student. Having knowledge of C++ , Java programming with dsa(array, string, Linked list) , and familiar with web dev( html, css, Java script, MySQL ).  Looking for a software development role.. 
So please help me get an entry level software development role.

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